Arts & Culture
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Announced
Winners across five categories, from commentary on Gaza to criticism on public architecture
by Olivia Farrar
“Gorey’s World”
Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum
by Nell Porter-Brown
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
The Low End Theory
Fred Moten’s subversive black-studies scholarship
by Jesse McCarthy
A Novel Take on Eternal Life
Dara Horn breathes life into classical Jewish sources.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Poet Frank Bidart Wins the National Book Award
Five other Harvardians were also honored by the National Book Foundation.
by Sophia Nguyen
A Classicist’s Dylan
In a new book, classicist Richard Thomas explores Bob Dylan’s literary ties to ancient Greece and Rome.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Oenophile Par Excellence
Anne Fadiman ’74 recalls her father, Clifton, in an excerpt from The Wine Lover’s Daughter
Found in Translation
Maureen Freely ’74, longtime translator of Orhan Pamuk, shares the nuances of bringing a text from one language to another.
by Oset Babür
“Kingmaker” to Gatekeeper
Stephanie Burt ’94 is the kind of poetry critic who provokes anger in other poetry critics.
by Tara Wanda Merrigan
Believe It or Not!
From the Missouri Compromise to the 2016 election, Kevin Young's Bunk takes stock of American hoaxes, con men, and race fantasies.
by Niela Orr